Support.



F. H. EVANS.

SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1913.

1,136,783. Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

Fredn'c H. Eva n 5 THE NORRIS PETERS CO" PHOTC-LITHO.. WASHING TUN. D, C.

TED STATES AT FREDERIC H. EVANS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORT.

1,136,783. Specification of Letters Patent. t t 20, 9 5,

Application filed February 27, 1913. Serial No. 751,009.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F REDERIC H. EVANS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved support for portable devices and apparatus used, for instance, as heaters for tar, pitch and other materials, portable kettles, driers, etc., and arranged to permit of quickly changing the support from supporting to folding position and vice versa, to hold the support securely locked in either of the two positions mentioned, and to prevent the support when in folded position from striking an obstruction in the roadway or the feet or legs of the workman at the time the device or apparatus is moved about by the workman from one place to another.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a leg mounted to swing from a pivot held on the device supported and provided at its pivotal end with an angular arm, and a transverse pin engaging the said device a distance from the said pivot and adapted to engage either the said leg or its angular arm to hold the leg locked in either a folded or an extended position.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the support as applied to the handle of a portable tar or pitch heater; Fig. 1 is a similar view of the support in folded position on the handle; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Figs. 3 and 4: are face views of the detached support in different positions; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the support as applied to the body of the device to be supported.

The body A of the vehicle shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is mounted on two wheels B and provided with a rigid tongue, shaft or handle C adapted to be taken hold of by the user for wheeling the vehicle about from one place to another. The shaft C shown in the drawing is preferably but not necessarily formed of two arms secured to the sides of the vehicle body and extending toward each other to terminate in a handle G. A

pivot D extends transversely through the shaft C adjacent the handle C and on the said pivot D is mounted to swing a leg E normally in vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1, to rest with its lower end on the ground with a view to support the shaft C in an approximately horizontal position.

The leg E is provided at its pivotal end with an angular arm E, and the said leg E and the said arm E are provided with apertures E E spaced equal distances apart from the center of the pivot D. A transverse pin F is held on one end of a chain G attached to one of the arms of the shaft C, and the said pin F is adapted to pass through a hole C arranged transversely in the shaft C a distance from the pivot D corresponding to the distances of the holes E and E from the said pivot, so that either the hole E or E may be moved into register with the hole C When the leg E is in vertical or supporting position the pin F passes through the hole C and the hole E of the angular arm E to lock the leg E in vertical or supporting position. When it is desired to wheel the vehicle about from one place to another the pin F is withdrawn and the leg E is swung upward so as to extend between the side arms of the shaft C, as plainly indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and when this position is reached the pin F is re-inserted and passes through the holes C and E to lock the leg E in folded position so that the leg is not liable to strike obstructions in the roadway or the feet of the workman wheeling the vehicle about from one place to another.

It is expressly understood that I do not limit myself to the particular construction of the device or apparatus to which the support is attached, as it is evident that the support may be applied to various forms of such devices or apparatus.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4, use is made of four supports, one for each corner of the body A of the device or apparatus to be supported. In this case each pivot D is held on the body A and the latter is also provided with holes for engagement by the several pins F also adapted to pass through either hole E E of the leg E and its angular arm E, the same as above explained relative to the leg E and its arm E shown in Figs. 1, 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention, I

7 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination, a device to be supported and having a transverse pivot, a leg mounted to swing on the said pivot and provided at its pivotal end with an angular arm 7 and a transverse pin engaging the said device at one side of and a short distance from the said pivot and adapted to engage either the said leg or its angular arm to hold the leg locked in either a folded or extended position. p I

2. In combination, a device to be supported and having a transverse pivot, and a transverse hole spaced a short distance from the said pivot, a leg mounted to swing on the said pivot and provided at its pivotal end with an angular arm, the said leg and the said arm having holes spaced equal distances from the said pivot and adapted to register with the said hole in the device, and a pin adapted to pass through the hole of the leg or arm in register at the time with the hole in the said device.

3. In combination with a vehicle having a handle provided with arms, the arms having a transverse pivot and a transverse hole spaced a distance from the said pivot, of a leg mounted to swing on the said pivot between the arms of the handle and provided at its pivotal end with an angular arm, the said leg and the said arm having holes spaced equal distances from the said'pivot and adapted to register with the said hole in the arms of the handle, a pin adapted to pass through the hole in the arms of the handle and through the hole of the leg or arm thereof in register at the time with the hole in the said handle arms, and a chain attached to one of the arms of the handle and to one end of the said pin.

4. The combination with a two-wheeled vehicle having a handle for wheeling the vehicle about and provided with a hole, of a leg pivoted at one end to the handle to swing at right angles to the handle or parallel therewith, said leg having 'an angular arm at its pivoted end, the leg and arm having holes equal distances from the pivot and adapted to register with the hole of the handle, and a pin adapted to engage the hole of the handle and the hole 01": either the leg 7 or its arm.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERIC H. EVANS.

Witnesses: V

Tnno. G. Hos'rnR, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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